Saturday, October 28, 2017

NYT Crossword 10/26/17 (Thu.)

Cruciverbalist: Jacob Stulberg
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 23:15

Puzzle uniqueness:

Answer MTEREBUS (A volcano) is clue to six answers that have "mte" as a rebus (all in one square) because Mt. Erebus can be read as "'mte' rebus."

Words I hadn't known until now:

ASSAMTEA - "Indian beverage"
PONY - "Kind of keg"  (Never knew this definition of "pony")

Trivia I didn't know: 

GAMBIA - "Its capital is an Atlantic port"
TUTSI - "East African people"
OSAKA - "Home of Panasonic"

   Junk answers:

SNL - "Weekly 90-min. TV show"
CTA - "Windy City rail inits."
TSK - "'For shame!'"
NAS - "'Cherry Wine' rapper, 2012"
GMC - "Sierra and Canyon maker"
RAHS - "Stadium sounds"
NBCTV - "42-Across airer" (SNL)

Clever clues: 

WILLIAMTELL - "Apple employer, once?"

Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 

TUTSI - (See above)

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